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Plenary 1 Preston Auditorium	Welcome remarks Michael Klein, World Bank–IFC Opening remarks Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank Group Keynote address What we did not understand about the crisis -- and what to do about it Nassim Taleb, Author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Questions and answers Moderated by Tim Harford, The Financial Times Book signing by Nassim Taleb and Tim Harford Preston Auditorium
Session 1 MC 13-121	Learn from the leaders: frontiers of regulatory reform Moderator Peter Ladegaard, IFC Speakers Stinne Henriksen, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Denmark Jitinder Kohli, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, United Kingdom Jeroen Nijland, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands
Session 2 MC 4-800	Private sector development in post-conflict countries Moderator Wade Channell, USAID Speakers James J. Emery, IFC Peter Mousley, World Bank Kevin Quinlan, U.K. Department for International Development Antoinette Sayeh, IMF; former Minister of Finance, Liberia
Session 3 Preston Auditorium	Expanding access to financial services: opportunity or setback in a global downturn? Moderators Elizabeth Littlefield, CGAP Speakers Vikram Akula, SKS Microfinance Robert Annibale, Citi Microfinance Nick Hughes, Vodafone Peer Stein, IFC
Session 4 MC 2-800	How do boards handle crises? Session includes film screening of 'Risking it All' Film trailer Moderator Philip Armstrong, IFC Speakers Joe Atkinson, PricewaterhouseCoopers Peter Dey, Paradigm Capital Christian Strenger, DWS Investment Duncan Wiggetts, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Session 5 JB 1-080	Case studies: how is the World Bank dealing with the financial crisis in Hungary and Ukraine? Moderator Fernando Montes-Negret, World Bank Speakers Hungary Orsalia Kalantzopoulos, World Bank John Pollner, World Bank Roberto Rocha, World Bank Peter Tabak, Central Bank of Hungary Ukraine Aurora Ferrari, World Bank Lalit Raina, World Bank Martin Raiser, World Bank
Session 6 MC 13-121	What has the financial crisis taught us about risk management? Moderator Michel Maila, IFC Speakers Mark Carey, Federal Reserve Board Stijn Claessens, IMF Martha Cummings, Banco Santander Mark Zandi, Moody’s Economy.com
Session 7 MC 2-800	Are sovereign wealth funds different? Moderator Jennifer Johnson-Calari, World Bank Speakers Adnan Hassan, Mecasa Advisors Viktor Kats, IFC Jukka Pihlman, IMF
Session 8 MC 4-800	How is the financial crisis affecting global agribusiness? Moderator Richard Henry, IFC Speakers Christopher Delgado, World Bank Oscar Chemerinski, IFC James Fry, LMC International Gustavo Grobocopatel, Group Grobo
Plenary 2 Preston Auditorium	Best of financial and private sector development projects, products, and programs (see conference brochure for details).
Plenary 3 Preston Auditorium	The end of the world as we know it? The future of the private sector in a post-crisis world Moderator Tim Harford, The Financial Times Speakers Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Klein, World Bank–IFC Alan Rosling, Tata Sons
Session 9 MC 2-800	Development banks: back to the future? Moderator Consolate Rusagara, World Bank–IFC Speakers Asli Demirguc-Kunt, World Bank Jerome Nycz, Business Development Bank of Canada Janine Thorne, Development Bank of Southern Africa Augusto de la Torre, World Bank
Session 10 MC 13-121	How has the crisis affected public-private partnerships in infrastructure and social sectors? Moderator Laurence Carter, IFC Speakers Esther Koimett, Ministry of Finance, Kenya Moeketsi Majoro, IMF; former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Lesotho Brian Miller, AES
Session 11 Preston Auditorium	Are global insolvency regimes recession-ready? Moderator Mahesh Uttamchandani, World Bank Speakers John Armour, Oxford University Jenny Clift, UNCITRAL Robert Sanderson, INSOL International
ACS special event L-101 (lunch provided)	Building relationships through knowledge sharing: a special session for FPD anchor and regional ACS Speakers Aquiles Almansi, World Bank Penelope Brook, World Bank–IFC Michael Klein, World Bank–IFC
Session 12 MC 13-121	Financial institutions and corporate governance: what has the crisis taught us? Moderator Alexander Berg, World Bank Speakers Chris Hodge, Financial Reporting Council, United Kingdom Catherine Lawton, Nestor Advisors Nell Minow, The Corporate Library
Session 13 MC 2-800	As huge capital reversals hit emerging market borrowers, can local bond markets cushion the fall? Moderator Alison Harwood, IFC Speakers John Borthwick, IFC Clemente Del Valle, World Bank–IFC Thomas Glaessner, Citigroup Oesmene Mandeng, Ashmore Investment Management Sara Zervos, Oppenheimer Funds
Session 14 Preston Auditorium	Is finance for small and medium-size enterprises in crisis? Moderator Ary Naim , IFC Speakers Marc Bernstein, Wells Fargo Jonathan Scott, Temple University Sergio Schmukler, World Bank
Session 15 MC 13-121	From financial crisis to innovation-led growth: has the crisis made China and India more dependent on U.S. innovation and technology? Moderator James Adams, World Bank Speakers Amar Bhide, Columbia University Jean Guinet, OECD
Session 16 Preston Auditorium	How to fund mortgage markets during and after the crisis Moderator Olivier Hassler, World Bank –IFC Speakers Mauricio Cardenas, Brookings Institutions William Gwinner, IFC Alex Pollock, American Enterprise Institute Maria Paloma Silva de Anzorena, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal, Mexico Richard Weiss, Groupe GTI
Session 17 MC 2-800	The impact of the crisis on infrastructure finance: opportunity or threat? Moderator Michael Fuchs, World Bank Speakers Priya Basu, World Bank Thomas Cochran, CivilCredit Advisors Jeffrey Delmon, World Bank Alejandro Schwedhelm, Darby Overseas Investments
Plenary 4 Preston Auditorium	The future FPD agenda—what’s hot, what’s not Moderator Penelope Brook, World Bank–IFC Opening panelists Lars Thunell, IFC Graeme Wheeler, World Bank Strategy discussion and questions and answers Simeon Djankov, World Bank–IFC Ritva Reinikka, World Bank Fernando Montes-Negret, World Bank Atul Mehta, IFC Closing remarks and forum wrap-up Michael Klein, World Bank–IFC